Councillor Geraldine Knapp and Lord Mayor Campbell Newman Early morning on Sunday 24 February, nine Councillors, 17 Candidate Councillors and the Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman, were hard at work along the creek bed of Enoggera Creek St John’s Wood, planting 600 native plants in a bid to stablise the creek bed. In addition to the Councillors and Councillor hopefuls, were their families working together, and avoiding the occasional meeting with snakes and other bushland wildlife. The 600 Lomandra plants were sourced from the Men of the Trees, The Gap. This event was part of the Lord Mayor’s initiative to save 500 hectares over the next four years - an increase on the previous four years target which saved 450 hectares of local urban bushland. During the next four years, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman plans to undertake the planting of over 2 million trees in bushland environments throughout Brisbane.